UFL's Hartford Colonials Name Jerry Glanville Head Coach

Former Atlanta Falcons head coach Jerry Glanville was named head coach and general manager of the UFL’s Hartford Colonials Monday.

Glanville, who spent nine years as an NFL head coach for the Houston Oilers (1985-89) and the Atlanta Falcons (1990-93), takes over for Chris Palmer, who left to become Tennessee Titans offensive coordinator.

Glanville joins fellow former NFL head coaches Jim Fassel (Las Vegas) and Dennis Green (Sacramento) in the UFL.

Glanville was most recently the defensive coordinator at the University of Hawaii (2005-06) and the head coach at Portland State University (2007-09), where he was 9-24 in his only college head coaching position.

He was 63-73 as a head coach in the NFL.

During a period of uncertainty in the NFL and the potential of an extended lockout, Glanville said the quality of football in the UFL can help carry the league.

“When the NFL is playing or not playing, there’s still good football players out there,” Glanville said on a conference call. “This is good football. And that’s what I love about this. It’s all based on playing good football, having good coaches, and that’s why this league is different than anybody else.”

In addition to Glanville, in another effort for the league to capitalize on a potential fall without NFL football, Marty Schottenheimer will likely become the head coach of the Virginia Destroyers, according to ESPN’s Chris Mortensen, replacing Jay Gruden, who left to become Cincinnati Bengals offensive coordinator.

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